Wells Fargo Lecture: Entrepreneur and Investor Brian Callaghan
Venue: Alumni Assembly Hall (Holtzman Alumni Center), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, September 5, 2013
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business presents their Wells Fargo Distinguished Lecture featuring entrepreneur and investor Brian Callaghan on Thursday, September 5th at the Alumni Assembly Hall in The Inn at Virginia Tech.

Callaghan, who graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1993, will give the audience a personal view of his journey to success. He will share the lessons he has learned launching, growing, and eventually selling one of the most successful information technology staffing companies in the country. He will also offer career advice to students and provide insights on the job outlook.

Callaghan co-founded Apex Systems in 1995, at age 24, with fellow Tech alumni Jeff Veatch, who received a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1993, and Edwin "Win" Sheridan, who received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1994.

Headquartered in Richmond, Apex grew rapidly and won several industry honors, including being named to the 2012 Best of Staffing Client List and making Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest growing businesses in America eight times. It was the nation’s sixth largest information technology staffing firm, with more than $700 million in revenue, in 2012, when it was acquired by On Assignment, a publicly traded, global IT and health care staffing and services provider based in California.

A native of New Jersey, Callaghan moved to Virginia while in high school. He has received many professional awards, including being Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for Virginia. A passionate baseball fan, he is an investor in two minor league baseball teams, the Omaha Storm Chasers and his hometown Richmond Flying Squirrels.

The Wells Fargo Distinguished Lecture series in Pamplin has featured a variety of business professionals, including senior executives from GE, Nielsen, IBM, Ralph Lauren, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The event is free and open to the public, no tickets needed. Free parking is available at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center. Find more parking information online at http://www.parking.vt.edu/ or call 540-231-3200.

Alumni Assembly Hall is located in the Holtzman Alumni Center at The Inn at Virginia Tech, located at 901 Prices Fork Road in Blacksburg, Virginia.

For more information, visit: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/08/082913-pamplin-wellsfargocallaghan.html

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